A summer program enrolled 579 talented students. Regular admit students had higher aptitude test scores and grade point averages; special admit students, who came from inner city schools, manifested creative and artistic abilities and high motivation. Courses were offered in the arts, the humanities, foreign language, language arts, math and…

H.R. 7807 is a bill to provide financial assistance for the development and implementation of work and training and year-round recreational opportunities, together with related services and for other purposes, for disadvantaged young people. These hearings before the Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor,…

This is an evaluation of the College Bound Program (1969-70), which attempts to upgrade on a massive level the academic performance of disadvantaged high school students in New York City so that they will be prepared for college admission and performance. Unique features of the program include small class size, special guidance services, a family…

The Federal Highway Administration exceeded its goal of 50,000 jobs in its 1970 External Summer Youth Opportunity Campaign by providing 57,646 jobs. Of the jobs available, a large majority were filled by disadvantaged youth. Various Federal and private agencies were involved in making the program work. This pamphlet describes the national youth…

This report summarized the first of two workshops for teachers of disadvantaged and handicapped students in vocational schools in the urban setting. The workshop was jointly planned by the Vocational Division of the Baltimore City Public Schools and the University of Maryland. Departments represented were special and industrial education and the…

This report summarized the second of two workshops for teachers of disadvantaged and handicapped students in vocational schools in the urban setting. The workshop was jointly planned by the Vocational Division of the Baltimore City Public Schools and the University of Maryland. The departments of special and industrial education and the institute…

There is a strong relationship between students' socioeconomic status and their levels of academic achievement. Although educators should be held accountable for improving the performance of all students, including those living in poverty, schools alone can't eliminate the negative factors associated with poverty that lead to a large achievement…

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE ANTICIPATED OPERATION OF A PROJECT WHICH WILL OFFER COLLEGE COUNSELING AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT TO DISADVANTAGED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE POTENTIAL. THE STUDENTS WILL BE SELECTED IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AND CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WILL PARTICIPATE EACH SUMMER IN A 5-WEEK…

During summers and on Saturdays, 200 motivated academically and culturally disadvantaged Negro 15- and 16-year-olds participated in Project Enrichment, undertaken at Jackson State College in Mississippi from 1961 to 1964. The students were encouraged to achieve and to participate in intellectual and social activities to change the ill effects of…

The goals of the Stevens Technical Enrichment Program (STEP) are to seek out economically and educationally deprived high school students who show potential in science and mathematics, and to train and motivate these students to enter college. Students were selected from high schools in Hoboken and Newark, New Jersey, as well as from New York…

A follow-up study was made of a 1966 summer retraining program designed to increase the range of teacher competencies in dealing with disadvantaged youth within the classroom and teacher understanding of the concerns of parents of disadvantaged youth as a major means of effecting educational change. The 4-week program involved about 150 teachers…

The second of a series of five reports of selected literature included in the ERIC system (three of which have been completed), this bibliography carries extensive annotations, and a brief review of program descriptions and evaluations relating to the school dropout. The bibliographical listing is in four sections: state and city reports, programs…

A summer youth employment program was designed to provide 70 disadvantaged high school students with opportunities for self-development by exposing them to a variety of hospital-based health careers during the summer vacation period and to stimulate interest in employment in health services to help meet the need for qualified personnel in this…